Learn All About The Six Wives Of Henry VIII, Their Lives & Deaths | Historic Royal Palaces Find out more about the lives (and deaths) of Henry VIII's six wives Katherine of Aragon Divorced The first of Henry VIII's six wives, Katherine of Aragon (1485-1536) was a Spanish princess who was married to Henry for 18 years before he began divorce proceedings in his desperation to re-marry and produce a male heir. Katherine had been pregnant six times but only one daughter, Princess Mary, later Mary I , had survived. Dying in 1536, Katherine wrote to Henry: 'Lastly, I make this vow, that mine eyes desire you above all things. Farewell.' Anne Boleyn Beheaded The second of Henry VIII's six wives, Anne Boleyn (c1501-1536) was married to the King for only three years from 1533-1536. Instead of the sought after male heir, Anne was pregnant with another princess, Elizabeth (later Elizabeth I ). Anne was supported by religious reformers but was also hated by many at court.

After a miscarriage, her fate was sealed and she was arrested (and later executed at the Tower of London) for adultery and incest. Jane Seymour Died Jane Seymour (c1509-1537) was the third of Henry VIII's six wives and the only wife to provide the King with the much longed for son and male heir. Having married Henry in May 1536, she gave birth to Prince Edward (later Edward VI) at Hampton Court Palace in 1537 but died soon afterwards. Henry had his son but grieved: 'Providence has mingled my joy with the bitterness of the death of her who brought me this happiness.' Anne of Cleves Divorced Anne of Cleves (1515-1557) was the fourth of Henry VIII's six wives and at 24 was half Henry's age when they married in January 1540. Henry first saw Anne of Cleves in a painting by Hans Holbein but in the flesh, Henry found Anne unattractive and began pursuing one of her maids of honour, Catherine Howard. After six months the marriage was annulled yet Anne remained in England and on good terms with Henry VIII.

He commanded that she be treated as 'the king's sister' Catherine Howard Beheaded Henry VIII's fifth wife was an alluring teenager named Catherine Howard (c1522-1542). Married three weeks after his second divorce, rumours of Catherine's past and present love affairs reached a furious Henry. She was arrested at Hampton Court Palace and later taken to the Tower of London where she was beheaded in February 1542, aged about 21. Kateryn Parr The Six Wives Of Henry VIII - By Tales Of Curiosity Contact Search Site If you enjoyed this, then why not tell your friends? It also shows us the most popular subjects. So we can make more like them, just for you!! The Six Wives Of Henry VIII Running Time:5:32Release Date: 30 Dec 2009 We travel back to the time of the Tudor's and meet probably the best known king of all time, Henry VIII. Apart from his large size he is famous for having six wives. In this video we find out the reasons for each marriage, meet each of his wives and learn of their fate.

About The Video Introduction In England, on the 21st April 1509, a young prince became a King. He was the son of Henry Tudor, who reigned as Henry VII. The young prince was determined to create a Tudor dynasty. His name was Henry VIII. Henry VIII As A Young Man Catherine Of Aragon Died: 5 September 1548 Although, not the best known of Henry VIII's wives, Catherine Parr was probably the most influential. Henry first noticed Catherine when she was working in the household of his daughter Mary. Catherine was a widow and was in a relationship with Thomas Seymour (1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley). But after Henry VIII proposed to her, she was obliged to marry him. Catherine had good relations with all three of Henry VIII's children and helped to reconcile Henry with his daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. Catherine Parr From July to September 1544 Catherine was made regent by Henry and effectively ruled the country. This was whilst Henry was on his last military campaign. It has also been speculated that Catherine's character and religious beliefs were a great influence on her stepdaughter, who became Elizabeth I.

Portrait Of An Elderly Henry VIII Henry VIII was very sick and Catherine Parr was more of a nurse than a wife. Henry VIII died on the 28th January 1547. He was buried in Windsor next to his third wife, Jane Seymour. Resting Place Of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour Later in the year, Catherine Parr married Thomas Seymour, who apparently was not a good husband. She sadly died a year after, from childbirth complications. Tomb Of Catherine Parr The End Of Our Tale Thus ends our tale of Henry VIII's wives. There were no offspring from his children and the death of his daughter, Queen Elizabeth I meant the end of the Tudor Dynasty. Curious Facts ★ After her execution, Anne Boleyn's body was buried in an old arrow chest under the floor of the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula. This was only found in Victorian times, after which a plaque on the floor now marks the spot. ★ Jane Seymour was the only one of Henry's VIII six wives to receive a Queen's funeral. ★ When Henry VIII was on a campaign in France he made Catherine Of Aragon regent.

The Scots then invaded England and Catherine addressed the army, and rode in full armour with the troops, despite being heavily pregnant. ★ After their divorce, Anne of Cleves was given the title "The King's Beloved Sister", and was given precedence over all women in England, after Henry's wife and two daughters. ★ Anne of Cleves appeared to have enjoyed life after her divorce. She became very fond of English beer. ★ Anne Boleyn was executed with a sword and not an axe. Execution by an expert swordsman meant a cleaner cut. ★ The two wives of Henry VIII that were executed, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, were cousins. ★ When she was queen, Anne Boleyn had over 250 personal servants. ★ Legend says that Anne Boleyn had six fingers, no one knows if this is really true. ★ Catherine Parr was the most-married English queen, she had four husbands. ★ Catherine Parr's mother was a lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon and named her daughter after her. ★ The chapel where Catherine Parr was buried fell into disrepair and over time her grave became desecrated. Her current tomb was built during Victorian times.

House of Tudor | King Henry VIII Born: June 28, 1491 at Greenwich Ascended to the throne: April 21, 1509 aged 17 years Crowned: June 24, 1509 at Westminster Married:(1) Catherine of Aragon, on June 11, 1509 Married (2): Anne Boleyn, on January 25, 1533 Married (3): Jane Seymour, on May 30, 1536 Married (4): Anne of Cleves, on January 6, 1540 Married (5): Catherine Howard, on July 28, 1540 Married (6): Catherine Parr, on July 12, 1543 Children: Mary, Elizabeth, Edward + Henry Fitzroy (illegitimate) Died: January 28, 1547 at Whitehall Palace, aged 55 years, 7 months, Buried at: St Georges Chapel, Windsor King of England from 1509, when he succeeded his father Henry VII and married Catherine of Aragon, the widow of his elder brother Arthur.

During the period 1513�29 Henry pursued an active foreign policy, largely under the guidance of his Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey, who shared Henry's desire to make England stronger. Wolsey was replaced by Thomas More in 1529 for failing to persuade the Pope to grant Henry a divorce. By this time Henry's policy had become dominated by his desire to divorce Catherine because she was too old to give him an heir and he was determined to marry Anne Boleyn. At first there seemed a possibility that the divorce might be granted. The papal legate journeyed to England to hear the case, but Catherine appealed direct to the pope and the court was adjourned. The position was complicated by the fact that Charles V, Catherine's nephew, controlled Rome. Henry then proceeded to act through Parliament, and had the entire body of the clergy in England declared guilty of treason in 1531. The clergy were suitably cowed and agreed to repudiate papal supremacy and recognize Henry as supreme head of the church in England.

The English ecclesiastical courts then pronounced his marriage to Catherine null and void and he married Anne Boleyn in 1533 Henry through Thomas Cromwell continued his attack on the church with the suppression of the monasteries (1536�39); their lands were confiscated and granted to his supporters. However, although he laid the ground for the English Reformation by the separation from Rome, he had little sympathy with Protestant dogmas. As early as 1521 a pamphlet which he had written against Lutheranism had won him the title of Fidei Defensor from the pope, and Henry's own religious views are quite clearly expressed in the Statute of Six Articles in 1539 which instituted the orthodox Catholic tenets as necessary conditions for Christian belief. As a result Protestants were being burnt for heresy even while Catholics were being executed for refusing to take the oath of supremacy. Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536, ostensibly for adultery. Henry's third wife, Jane Seymour, died in 1537.

He married Anne of Cleves in 1540 in pursuance of Thomas Cromwell's policy of allying with the German Protestants, but rapidly abandoned this policy, divorced Anne, and beheaded Cromwell. His fifth wife, Catherine Howard, was beheaded in 1542, and the following year he married Catherine Parr, who survived him. Henry ended his reign with the reputation of a tyrant, despite the promise of his earlier years � in 1536 the rebellion known as the Pilgrimage of Grace was viciously suppressed, and advisers of the calibre of More and Bishop John Fisher had died rather than sacrifice their own principles to Henry's will. But the power of the crown had been considerably strengthened by Henry's ecclesiastical policy, and the monastic confiscations gave impetus to the rise of a new nobility which was to become influential in succeeding reigns. King Henry VIII's Signature The Six Wives of Henry VIII Pictures The Six Wives of Henry VIII Pictures Mnemonic for remembering the ill fated wives of Henry VIII: Divorced, Beheaded, Died , Divorced,...

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Church of England - Name given to the established Christian church in England after Henry's break with Rome, formalized in the 1534 Act of Supremacy; acknowledges the English king, in the place formerly acknowledged to be the Roman pope's, as the supreme authority on earth in matters of faith and of church governance. constitutional monarchy - · A form of government where the king's right to make law is acknowledged and supported formally by a legislative body, such as the English Parliament, and where effective rule is shared among the several branches of the government. dispensation - · An official granting of permission by the Pope to act contrary to a law or custom of the Church. episcopal see - · The seat of a bishop's office, power, and authority; a town with a cathedral. heresy - · In the context of the English Reformation, a doctrine contrary to the basic theological and sacramental teachings of both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. Under Henry's government, it was considered a crime, punishable usually by burning at the stake. humanism - · A new form of learning in the early sixteenth century, notable for its critical analysis of ancient texts, especially classical Greek texts.

Its focus was more literary and historical than was that of the medieval tradition of learning. It was promoted in England by Henry VIII and by his minister Sir Thomas More. king's council - · An informal group of advisers to the king, some of whom had regular access to him in the private quarters of the palace; formalized as an institution known as the Privy Council in 1536. orthodox - · In the context of the English Reformation, a term describing dogmatic consistency with the fundamental tenets of the Catholic Church–for example, the belief in Transubstantiation. Henry VIII sought to preserve theological unity with the Catholic Church, but also to deny the authority of the Pope. Parliament - · The legislative body in England, comprised of the House of Lords and the lower and more numerous House of Commons. It exercised greater political power under Henry than in previous times, passing many bills supporting his reformation of the Church. Privy Council - · The name given to the king's council in 1536 by Thomas Cromwell, who formalized and modernized that and other institutions of Henry's royal government.

Protestant - · Usually, a Christian denying the universal authority of the Pope and affirming the Reformation principles of justification by faith alone, the priesthood of all believers, and the primacy of the Bible as the only source of revealed truth. The Church of England originally, under Henry VIII, rejected such doctrines, and persecuted Protestants along with Roman Catholics, who acknowledged papal authority. schism - · A formal split within a church, usually over disputes in rightful authority, not always involving disputes over religious dogmas; also the break between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church in 1534, formalized with the Act of Supremacy. Transubstantiation - · Idea that bread and wine, prayed over by a priest, becomes thoroughly and substantially the real body and blood of Jesus Christ. This concept has been accepted by the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England, and other theologically orthodox Christian churches, and was often used as a test for the suppression of Protestants during Henry VIII's time. People Anne Askew - A young woman who was tortured and burned at the stake in 1546 for distributing Protestant literature, which was illegal under Henry's reign.

Anne of Cleves - Henry's fourth wife; the sister of the German Duke of Cleves, with whom Thomas Cromwell urged the king to contract a marriage alliance; she and Henry were married in January 1540 and divorced six months later. Anne Boleyn - Henry's second wife, and mother of his second daughter Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth I. She and Henry were married secretly in January 1533. She was tried and beheaded for treason in May 1536, after having allegedly betrayed the king in several extramarital affairs. Catherine of Aragon - Daughter of the king and queen of Spain, Ferdinand I of Aragon and Isabella of Castile; Henry's first wife and mother of his first daughter Mary, future Queen Mary I. The widow of Henry's elder brother Arthur, she married Henry with a special dispensation from the Pope in 1509. When she did not bear any sons, Henry's determination to divorce her against the wishes of the Pope officially set off the English Reformation.

Charles V - Nephew of Catherine of Aragon, from the Habsburg family, elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1519, causing a major shift in the European balance of power when his inherited domains–Spain, Austria, and Burgundy–were added to his imperial German and Italian lands. Several times Henry's ally and once his formal enemy, when Henry and Francois I of France fought against him 1528. Clement VII - Pope who refused to grant Henry a dispensation to divorce Catherine of Aragon. Thomas Cranmer - Archbishop of Canterbury from 1533–1556; presided over Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon in May 1533. He was a friend to Protestantism even when it was suppressed by the government, but remained a close friend and adviser to the king until Henry's death in 1547. Thomas Cromwell - A member of Henry's council from 1531–1540 and chief architect of the king's political reformation; arranged Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and put into effect the 1534 Act of Supremacy.

Made Viceregent in 1535, his arrangement of Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves lost him the king's favor. He was executed for treason and abetting heresy in 1540. Edward (Edward VI) - Henry's only legitimate son, heir to the throne upon his father's death. Born in 1537, his mother was Jane Seymour. Reigned over England as King Edward VI from 1547–1553. Elizabeth - Henry's second daughter, born in 1533, her mother was Anne Boleyn. After her sister, Queen Mary I died, she acceded to the throne and reigned over England as Queen Elizabeth I from 1556–1603. Elizabeth of York - Henry's mother, daughter of King Edward IV. She relinquished her hereditary claim to the throne of England when she agreed to marry Henry VII. Francois I - King of France from 1515–1547, and frequent military rival to Henry. France was a major European power under his rule, and his chief opponent, was Charles V.

Stephen Gardiner - Bishop of Winchester and prominent member of the Privy Council in the latter years of Henry's reign and one of the king's ablest advisers on political and religious matters. He led the catholic faction in the government alongside the Duke of Norfolk and was involved in the framing of the Six Articles. Henry VII - Henry's father, and King of England from 1485–1509. Defeated and killed King Richard III at the battle of Bosworth Field, ending the War of the Roses. Stabilized his military takeover of the government by marrying Elizabeth of York. Henry VIII - Born in 1491, King of England from April 1509 to January 1547. Responsible for England's formal break with the Roman Catholic Church in 1534, when he was declared Supreme Head on Earth of the Church of England. Son of King Henry VII and father of King Edward VI, Queen Mary I, and Queen Elizabeth I. Katherine Howard - Henry's fifth wife, and niece of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. She and Henry were married in July 1540.

She was beheaded for treason in 1542 after engaging in several extramarital affairs. James V - King of Scotland from 1513–1542, he fought a war with England after allying with the French in 1542. His armies were routed at the battle of Solway Moss. John Lambert - Prominent martyr for the Protestant faith, his show-trial–presided over by Henry–and his torture and burning at the stake in 1538 marked the onset of heightened suppression of Protestant heresy by Henry's government. Mary (Mary I) - Daughter of Henry and Catherine of Aragon, born in 1516. She remained staunchly Catholic, and when she reigned over England as Queen Mary I from 1553–1556, she received the nickname "Bloody Mary" for her persecutions of Protestant heretics. Sir Thomas More - Lawyer, leading scholar of English humanism, and close friend to Henry early in his reign; Lord Chancellor of England from 1529–1532, resigning his office in opposition to Henry's break with the Roman Catholic Church.

Imprisoned and beheaded for refusing to swear to the Oath of Succession, he is honored by Catholics as a martyr and saint. Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Duke of - Member of the king's council and leader of the catholic faction of Henry's court later in his reign, he was imprisoned but not executed in 1546 on suspicion of treason. Famed for victory against the Scots at Flodden in 1513, when he was Lord High Admiral. Uncle to both Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard. Katherine Parr - Henry's sixth and last wife, she was married to the king–the third of her four husbands–in 1543. She outlived Henry and was reputed to be a very thoughtful, caring companion to him during his last years. Jane Seymour - Henry's third and probably his most beloved wife. She married the king in 1536 and died in childbed the following year after giving birth to their son Edward. William Tyndale - Leading Protestant in the 1520s; fled England in 1524 and translated the Bible into English. Henry's government prohibited the printing and distribution of this text in England.

Thomas Wolsey - Cardinal and Archbishop of York from 1514–1530, and Henry's Lord Chancellor from 1515–1529, he was the king's leading adviser during these years, in charge of the day-to-day running of the government and of many foreign policy decisions. He was charged with high treason in 1530 after failing to persuade the Pope to grant Henry a divorce from Queen Catherine, but he died before he could stand trial. Events Act of Appeals - 1533 motion by Henry, passed by Parliament, which prohibited defendants in England's church courts to appeal their cases to Rome, effectively cutting of all legal ties to the Roman Catholic Church. Act of Supremacy - 1534 act in Parliament which declared Henry VIII the Supreme Head on Earth of the Church of England, formalizing the nation's break with the Roman Catholic Church. English Reformation - Gradual spread and political establishment of the Protestant faith in England; it was catalyzed by Henry's break from the Roman Catholic Church after his divorce from Catherine of Aragon in 1533.

Holy League - 1511 alliance between England, Spain, Venice, and the Holy Roman Empire made to fight the French, who were advancing through northern Italy and threatening the security of the Papal States. Oath of Succession - 1534 oath required of all Church and State officials in England, recognizing the supremacy of Henry over the Church of England and acknowledging the legitimacy of the king's marriage to Anne Boleyn. Pilgrimage of Grace - 1536 uprising of Catholics and poor farmers in northern England, mainly in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. The rebels were led by Robert Aske and were primarily upset with the anti-Catholic developments in Henry's government, although they were also fed up with the burdens of high rents and bad farming conditions. Poor Law - 1536 effort by the government to relieve the major social problem of vagrancy, or rural unemployment, and to take responsibility for the poorest members of English society. Six Articles - 1539 revision of the Ten Articles.

Asserted strongly the Church of England's commitment to orthodoxy, stating that the doctrine of Transubstantiation was true, priests should not marry, monastic vows were inviolable, private masses were legal, and oral confessions to a priest were necessary. Solway Moss - August 1542 battle between 3000 English troops and 10,000 Scots under King James V. The Scots were defeated handily; this was a major victory for the English, and it commenced a three-year war between the hostile countries. Supplication against the Ordinaries - 1532 act of Parliament which deprived all the clergy in the English Church of their legal independence from the king's government. It was the first official step toward Henry's full break with the Roman Catholic Church. Ten Articles - 1536 act of Parliament which stated the official positions of the Church of England. It upheld orthodox teachings on the sacraments of baptism, penance, and Transubstantiation in the Holy Eucharist, but also introduced government opposition to traditional Catholic practices such as prayerful devotions to saints and to Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. Henry VIII's wives 1.

Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536) The first wife of King Henry VIII of England. The refusal of Pope Clement VII to annul Henry's marriage to Catherine triggered the break between Henry and Rome and led to the English Reformation. Catherine was the youngest daughter of the Spanish rulers Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. In 1501 she married Prince Arthur, eldest son of King Henry VII of England. Arthur died the following year, and shortly afterward she was betrothed to Prince Henry, the second son of Henry VII. But subsequent rivalry between England and Spain and Ferdinand's refusal to pay the full dowry prevented the marriage from taking place until her fianc� assumed the throne as Henry VIII in 1509. For some years the couple lived happily. Catherine matched the breadth of her husband's intellectual interests, and she was a competent regent while he was campaigning against the French (1512-14).

Between 1510 and 1518 Catherine gave birth to six children, including two sons, but all except Mary (later queen of England, 1553-58) either were stillborn or died in early infancy. Henry's desire for a legitimate male heir prompted him in 1527 to appeal to Rome for an annulment on the grounds that the marriage had violated the biblical prohibition against a union between a man and his brother's widow. Catherine appealed to Pope Clement VII, contending that her marriage to Henry was valid because the previous marriage to Arthur had never been consummated. For seven years the Pope avoided issuing the annulment because he could not alienate Catherine's nephew, the Holy Roman emperor Charles V. Finally Henry separated from Catherine in July 1531. On May 23, 1533 - five months after he married Anne Boleyn - he had his own archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, annul the marriage to Catherine. Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy repudiating all papal jurisdiction in England and making the king head of the English church.

Although Catherine had always been loved by the English people, Henry forced her to spend her last years isolated from all public life. 2. Anne Boleyn (1507-1536) The second wife of King Henry VIII of England and mother of Queen Elizabeth I. The events surrounding the annulment of Henry's marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and his marriage to Anne led him to break with the Roman Catholic church and brought about the English Reformation. Anne's father was Sir Thomas Boleyn, later Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde. After spending part of her childhood in France, she returned to England in 1522 and lived at Henry's court and drew many admirers. A desired marriage with Lord Henry Percy was prevented on Henry's order by Cardinal Wolsey, and at some undetermined point the king himself fell in love with her. In 1527 Henry initiated secret proceedings to obtain an annulment from his wife, the aging Catherine of Aragon; his ultimate aim was to father a legitimate male heir to the throne.

For six years Pope Clement VII, under pressure from Henry's rival Charles V, refused to grant the annulment, but all the while Henry's passion for Anne was strengthening his determination to rid himself of his queen. About January 25, 1533, Henry and Anne were secretly married. The union was made public on Easter of that year, and on May 23 Henry had the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, pronounce the marriage to Catherine null and void. In September Anne gave birth to a daughter, the future queen Elizabeth I. Anne's arrogant behaviour soon made her unpopular at court. Although Henry lost interest in her and began liaisons with other women, the birth of a son might have saved the marriage. Anne had a miscarriage in 1534, and in January 1536 she gave birth to a stillborn male child. On May 2, 1536, Henry had her committed to the Tower of London on a charge of adultery with various men and even incest with her own brother. She was tried by a court of peers, unanimously convicted, and beheaded on May 19. On May 30 Henry married Jane Seymour.

That Anne was guilty as charged is unlikely; she was the apparent victim of a temporary court faction supported by Thomas Cromwell. 3. Jane Seymour (1509-1537) The third wife of King Henry VIII of England and mother of King Edward VI. She succeeded - where Henry's previous wives had failed - in providing a legitimate male heir to the throne. Jane's father was Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Savernake, Wiltshire. She became a lady in waiting to Henry's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and then to Anne Boleyn, who married the King in 1533. Henry probably became attracted to Jane in 1535, when he visited her father at Wolf Hall, but, though willing to marry him, she refused to be his mistress. That determination undoubtedly helped bring about Anne Boleyn's downfall and execution (May 19, 1536). On May 30, 1536, Henry and Jane were married privately. During the remaining 17 months of her life Jane managed to restore Mary, Henry's daughter by Catherine of Aragon, to the King's favour.

Mary was a Roman Catholic, and some scholars have interpreted Jane's intercession to mean that she had little sympathy with the English Reformation. The future Edward VI was born on October 12, 1537, but, to Henry's genuine sorrow, Jane died 12 days later. Jane's family enjoyed Henry's favour until the end of his reign. On the accession of Edward VI to the throne, Jane's brother, Edward Seymour, earl of Hertford, became regent as lord protector with the title duke of Somerset. Another brother, Thomas Seymour of Sudeley, was lord high admiral from 1547 to 1549. 4. Anne of Cleves (1515-1557) The fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England. Henry married Anne because he believed that he needed to form a political alliance with her brother William, duke of Cleves, who was a leader of the Protestants of western Germany. He thought the alliance was necessary because in 1539 it appeared that the two major Roman Catholic powers, France and the Holy Roman Empire, were about to join together to attack Protestant England.

That threat prompted Henry's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, to arrange the marriage to establish ties between England and the Lutheran enemies of the Holy Roman emperor, Charles V. On Jan. 1, 1540, Anne arrived in England to meet her fianc� for the first time. Five days later the wedding took place. Henry was keenly disappointed, Anne being less attractive than he had been led to expect, and he soon came to resent her lack of sophistication and limited command of the English language. When the alliance between the Catholic powers failed to materialize, the marriage became a political embarrassment and was annulled by an Anglican convocation (July 9, 1540). Anne acquiesced and was rewarded with a large income, on the condition that she remain in England. She lived at Richmond or Bletchingley, with occasional visits to court, until her death. 5. Catherine Howard (died 1542) The fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England. Her downfall came when Henry learned of her premarital affairs.

Catherine was one of 10 children of Lord Edmund Howard (died 1539), a poverty-stricken younger son of Thomas Howard, 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry VIII first became attracted to the young girl in 1540, when he was seeking to end his politically motivated marriage to Anne of Cleves, to whom Catherine was a maid of honour. He had his marriage to Anne annulled on July 9, and on July 28 Henry and Catherine were privately married. He publicly acknowledged her as queen on August 8. For the next 14 months Henry appeared to be much enamoured of his bride. But in November 1541, he learned that before their marriage Catherine had had affairs: Henry Mannock, a music teacher; Francis Dereham, who had called her his wife; and her cousin, Thomas Culpepper, to whom she had been engaged. After her marriage to Henry, Catherine had made Dereham her secretary, and it is probable - though still unproved - that she had committed adultery with Culpepper. The King, initially incredulous, became incensed with these revelations.

On February 11, 1542, Parliament passed a bill of attainder declaring it treason for an unchaste woman to marry the king. Two days later Catherine was beheaded in the Tower of London. 6. Catherine Parr (1512-1548) The sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII of England. She was a daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendall, an official of the royal household. Catherine had been widowed twice - in marriages to Edward Borough (died c. 1529) and to John Neville, Lord Latimer (died 1542 or 1543) - by the time she married Henry on July 12, 1543. Her tactfulness enabled her to exert a beneficial influence on the King during the last years of his reign. She developed close friendships with the three children Henry had by previous marriages and devoted herself to their education. A Humanist, she was friendly with Protestant reformers. Timely access to the King saved her from conservatives, especially Stephen Gardiner, who were bent on her destruction in 1546.

After Henry's death in January 1547 she married a former suitor, Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley, who was admiral of England from 1547 to 1549, but she died shortly after giving birth to a daughter. A learned and deeply religious woman, she wrote A Lamentacion or Complaynt of a Sinner in the last year of her life. Henry VIII's Wife Catherine Howard Beheaded - Business Insider Henry Blodget / Business Insider It was hazardous being married to King Henry VIII, who ruled England from 1509 to 1547. Of Henry's six wives, two were divorced, one died, and two were beheaded. Only the sixth survived him. You hear a lot about Henry's wives if you visit his palace at Hampton Court, about a half an hour outside London. And when you enter the corridor below, in the royal "apartments," you hear the story about Henry's fifth queen, Kathryn Howard (often spelled "Catherine"). Henry married Kathryn when she was 19 and he was 49 . Henry had just discarded his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, reportedly because he found her unattractive.

Henry developed a crush on the "vivacious" young Kathryn and soon married her. Kathryn's family, the Howards, were thrilled by the engagement, as they had been on the outs at the King's court and they assumed the marriage would restore their family to greatness. Henry was over the moon about Kathryn, referring to her as his "rose without a thorn" and "the very jewel of womanhood." Alas... Kathryn Howard Tudorhistory.org And a year after the marriage, the Archbishop of Canterbury informed the King that Kathryn had not only not been a virgin when he married her but might even now be carrying on behind his back. Henry was reportedly heartbroken and refused to believe this. But he ordered an investigation. And the news that came back was not good. So Henry ordered that Kathryn be imprisoned in the palace until she could be executed. One day, the story goes, Kathryn escaped from her guards and rushed down the corridor below in search of Henry. She thought he was praying in the royal chapel, which was at the end of the hall. And as she ran, she screamed and begged for his mercy. The guards caught her before she reached the chapel, and returned her to her cell.

(And Henry may actually have been out hunting.) Shortly thereafter, Henry had her head chopped off. The story is that the ghost of Kathryn Howard still haunts the corridor at Hampton Court, where she reenacts her desperate attempt to see the king. Several visitors and staff over the years have reportedly seen her. Others have reported feeling "chills" in the corridor. (Perhaps because, in the winter and early spring, the place is freezing.) According to the Hampton Court guides, fully one-half of the visitor faintings that have occurred at the palace over the years have happened in that corridor. So maybe, even 500 years later, the ghost of flirtatious young queen still runs down this corridor to beg the king not to chop her head off.

Question: What was the name of King Henry V111's 4th wife who he married in 1540?
Answer: Anne of Cleves